MT ROKKO SNOW PARK

Day 3 (10 Dec 2014)

Hari ni kami p Mt Rokko Snow Park. Trip yg ni sbnrnya last minute decision. Bdk2 nk sngt main snow, so i had to cancel my trip to Osaka city centre coz nk ke Mt Rokko.  Mt Rokko ni sbnrnya di area Kobe. Lg satu stop nk smpai Sannomiya  St. (kobe).

I still used my hankyu pass to get to Rokko. In fact, going  to Rokko was the main reason i bought the pass. Actually the pass's name is Hankyu- Hanshin Odakake pass where u will get 2 days hankyu hanshin pass and a set round trip to rokko snow park (bus + cable car) and entry ticket to rokko park for the price of 3600 yen (dlm rm100).  I think it was a good bargain coz entry to snow park itself was 2000 yen (rm70). So, with the pass, u get 2 days train pass n snow park set.  Actually bus yg di mount rokko tu kite blh naik turun sesuka hati for the duration of 1 day. So, sngt jimat sebenarnya dr byr asing2.

Kick-start our day 3 @ Japan

Gembira sngat dak Farah nk p main snow

Dari Kyoto, perjalanan mengambil masa dlm 1 jam nak sampai Rokko station. Dari Saiin, tukar train at Katsura. From Katsura, tukar di Juso untuk teros ke Rokko.

Waiting for our connecting train @
Katsura

Naik tren sama2 dngn abg2
nk p sekolah la...

Sampai di Rokko, kita exit dn berjln ke bus stop. Landmark: KFC. Dr situ kita tunggu bus untuk ke Rokko Cable Car. Perjalanan x lama, about 5 to 10 minutes gitu.

Rokko Station di waktu pagi

Sempat singgah kedai 100 yen kat Rokko
Station. Farah borong mcm2
termasuk headphone 100 yen. Elok plak
tu. Smpai sekarang die guna bila
main tab.

This way to the bus stop

Nampak x KFC tu?
Landmark nk ke bus stop

Tunggu bas kat sini

Dalam Odekake set tu, ade tiket2 ni. Jangan hilang ya... Satu untuk pergi
(green) dan satu lagi untuk balik (red)

Sampai cable car, kita naik pulak cable car. X tunggu lma pon... about 8 minutes ja tunggu. Sblm tu kmi dok tngkp2 gmbr kat area cable car.

Rokko Cable car

Beratur nak tunjuk tiket

Inside the cable car

Ni rupa cable car

Dah sampai station...

Tiket Cable car (return) dan Sanjo Bus (bus semasa di Peak)

Sampai kat peak, kami naik bas lagi. Bas ni unlimited ride for a day... naikla sepnjng hr kat peak tu..freeeeee sbb ada pass. Tp kmi naik untuk ke Snow park aja... ade jugak yg naik turun kt area musical box museum.

Setelah naik tren, bas, cable car and another bus...sampai la kami kat Rokko Snow Park. tiket x perlu byr, kite p kaunter untuk sewa2 ja... basically, semua benda blh disewa disini. Dari baju hinggalah ke peralatan.  Kami cuma sewa sledge aja 2 bijik.

Main entrance to the Snow Park

Tu 2 bijik sledge. 1 merah, 1 biru

Shhhhhhh... sebenarnya since it was only December, snow pon mmg x brape nk ada kat Rokko ni... Snow yg bdk2 ni main adalah snow palsu aka snow buatan... kikiki... x sampai hati nk bg tahu dak faris farah yg ini snow buatan coz mereka mmg naively thought yg semua tu real. Muka berseri2... what they don't know, won't hurt them, right?  But Farah did ask, "tp knp x ada snow jatuh dr langit mcm kt Myeongdong tu, ma? X pa thn dpn kite p Myeongdong." Ishhh, banyak tanya bdk ni.... die dok tngk running man ler tu yg tau 1st snow fall kt Myeongdong... Adoila...


Berikut harga pada menu kat kaunter tiket:

Entrance.                   Adults       2000¥.     Children 1000¥. (free with Odekake set)

Ski and clothes.       Adults        4500¥.      Children 3500¥.

Snowboard.             Adults       5500¥.      Children 4500¥.

Ski set only           2500¥

Snow boots           500 ¥

Sledge                  500 ¥

Does not include 1,000¥ deposit .


Jom tengok ape budak2 ni buat...

Do u wann build a snowman?

Ready, go!

Tergolek2 dah Faris

Smoking area

Rombongan kanak2 sek
rendah pon ada ni ha..

The other side of the park

Lunch time

Lepas lunch, kami ke ski area pula... X main pon. Faris and I naik ski lif 1 round.

Yg ni 300¥ rasanya sekali naik..eh... dah lupa la plak... ke 100¥? lupa la...

Pukul 4.30 kami siap2 nak turun ke bawah dah. Lama jugak lepak sini. Bezanya di sini, kita boleh lepak sampai malam pon x apa. No time limit. Kalau kat Genting ke Mines ke boleh dok 45 minit jer. X sempat sejok ponggong... Sampai kat cable car, kami singgah Rokko lookout point nak tengok Bandaraya Kobe dari sana.

Kobe from Rokko 

Is it worth going to the park ? If u ask me, my personal answer would be..."seeing the happy faces of my 2 children rolling in the 'snow' , my answer would definately be a resounding yes! They kept talking about the snow trip all day. feeling satisfied and accomplished.... and if only they knew... hahaha... :)

The busy Umeda station